Published in Quarterly Comickers 2003/8 Summer Issue

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Kuro & Marco is the first non-guro work from noteworthy guro mangaka Horihone Saizou. The titular story has four chapters. It’s an eccentric one about space kids who live in some kind of bizarre alternate universe solar system, where comets are giant dogs, robot people live in a certain part of the the asteroid belt, animal people live on other planets, and the earth is still ruled by dinosaurs. ... more>>

The other stories in the book are various thematically unrelated shorts, but it’s worth noting that he still managed to sneak a story in about tearing organs out of live prisoners, even though it lacked explicit depictions of violence (apparently, an actual Japanese practice in the old days). <<less

The events chronicled in this manga are also depicted in its own campaign in the Gundam: Meguriai Sora game for Playstation 2 (released in the US as Gundam: Encounters in Space), as well as a novel by Kazuki Miyamoto.... more>>

Some of the characters are seen briefly in Mobile Suit Gundam - Lost War Chronicles manga.

Note: A masterpiece collection titled Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden - (Uchuu) Sora, Senku no Hate ni... was release in 2015. <<less

The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award... more>> for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. <<less

Who wants to be Princess when you've got the entirety of space to explore? Join Runna and her rag-tag crew as they wander through space in search the unknown, raising hell while encountering everything from the amazing to the surreal.... more>>

Winner of the 1999 Seiun Award for Best Comic. <<less

A collection of often-surreal short stories intended to present various messages or morals.... more>>

"The Crater" is a series of short complete stories ranging in genre from suspense to mystery and horror. In the second episode entitled "The Octagonal Mansion," a boy who is undecided over what to do with his life happens to go to an octagonal mansion, where he can start his life all over again. The 8th episode, "The Bell Rings" features three people who are haunted by tinkling bells that won't let them forget their past sins. Some stories end happily, while others don't. But all of them have the unforgettable imagery typical of Tezuka Osamu's short stories.

(Source: tezukaosamu.net) <<less

Universal Century 0153. During the war between the League Militaire and the Zanscare Empire, Uso Ewin while alone on a reconnaissance mission happens upon the... more>> Zanscare Empire's Newtype squad, and finds himself blind-slighted by a Zoloat, and comes under attack by the mysterious Mobile Armor Zong. However he finds himself rescued by an old junk dealer Grey Stoke. The pilot of the Zolat, who was also rescued alongside Uso is revealed to be a young girl named Kamui Gian. <<less

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An unrealistic dream of 'astronauts', a triumph just before it was supposed to be realized ... Fifteen years later, an employee that was working at NASA as an astronomer, not an astronaut, was suspended for an unknown reason. And to solve the mystery NASA's big project is about to begin ... Surely this will be a dream come true! A huge space Sci-Fi novel by Gal lo ah, a cartoonist who dreams of 'Korean Carl Sagan' or 'Hoshino Yukinobu'! Interstellar Next is this !! <<less

Battling incredible odds and critical public opinion, a trio of astronauts fight to disengage a runaway generator in impossible conditions and silence longtime critics at... more>> the same time <<less

On January 3rd, 2097, a collision with a celestial object basically destroyed human civilization. Seventy years later, human survivors are still living in space, unable to return to their home planet. Some humans, called "Divers" are able to project an avatar to the earth in order to salvage information from earth-based computer networks.... more>>

Suzuro is a 14-year-old freelance diver of incredible skill, but only a C-rank due to age restrictions. She works in a salvage ship with her pilot Ginga, who keeps the ship out of flying debris while she's connected to earth, and her assistant Shimugi. It's not only space debris colliding with the ship that could kill Suzuro while diving, there are also dangers waiting on earth that could kill her, just by interacting with her avatar. Suzuro must be certain that the cases she takes are worth the danger! <<less

With the airplane, humanity's longing to take to the skies was realized. The development of science and technology has even made it possible for them to advance into space. And thus have the skies, once an object of longing, been transformed into a place of fierce international conflict. ... more>>

Compiles the title story and other short classics by Satomi Mikuriya. <<less

Samus and Joey is a manga series of (at least) 3 issues. It has only been released in Japan, and the storyline occurs several years... more>> after Samus Aran's raid on the Space Pirates at Zebes (the events of Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission). This series introduces the character Joey to the Metroid universe as well as several others such as Dragüd, Diesel, Doruba, Jealousy, Bomad, and the Megaroid. <<less

A decaying, old satellite is headed straight for Tokyo, and the city is three citizens shy of total evacuation. Hard-boiled detective Watanabe remains in the... more>> abandoned gotham, searching for a gaunt, desperate Machida, who is wanted for attempted murder; and Chiaki, a stubborn housewife who doesn't believe the burning rubble will hit Tokyo, also remains behind. But Chiaki is wrong. And when the satellite does hit, the three find the city is less abandoned than before. Someone was riding that satellite down from orbit, and that someone wasn't born on earth! <<less

The adventures of three agents from outer space who are sent to Earth to determine whether the planet, a potential threat to the universe, should be destroyed. The instrument of destruction is a device resembling a large black ball with two antennae that is variously called an anti-proton bomb, a solar bomb, and a neutron bomb. Although the three agents (Captain Bokko, Nokko, and Pukko) are originally humanoid in appearance, upon arrival on Earth they take on the appearances of a rabbit (Bokko), a horse (Nokko), and a duck (Pukko) that they had captured as examples of Earth life forms. While on Earth they travel in a tire-shaped vehicle capable of enormous speeds called the... more>> Big Wheel, which can travel on both land and water (and, with modifications, through the air).

The series tackles a number of issues which were surprisingly progressive for a manga of that period; particularly ecological concerns and poverty. <<less

In the Mizu Wakusei Nendaiki (Aqua Planet Chronicle) series:... more>>

1. Mizu Wakusei Nendaiki (Aqua Planet Chronicle)

2. Zoku Mizu Wakusei Nendaiki (Aqua Planet Chronicle After)

3. Kan Mizu Wakusei Nendaiki (Aqua Planet Chronicle Around)

4. Midori Mizu Wakusei Nendaiki (Aqua Planet Chronicle Jade)

5. Ao Mizu Wakusei Nendaiki (Aqua Planet Chronicle Blue)

6. Mizu Wakusei Nendaiki Getsujou (Runyan) (Aqua Planet Chronicle Final)

7. Mizu Wakusei Nendaiki Gekkan Sachisachi (Aqua Planet Chronicle Monthly Sachisachi) <<less

Nishina Yukito, who is the only boy in a family of girls, moved out of his house in hopes of a peaceful life. One day,... more>> he sees something strange on the roof of the school. It's a spaceship and a mysterious girl with a crown emerges. She introduces herself as the imperial Princess Lacey of Planet Kura-ura, who claims that she is searching for the "White Rabbit", who is supposed to help her fulfill the wishes of ten humans... and Yukito is the rabbit?! <<less

A mystery/action plot: in the 13 hours 13 children spent in space, what had happened?? It starts off 8 years after the spaceship incident, centered... more>> around one of the 13 children named Bono U. Meyer. He has an IQ of 240 and it seems people who are close to him have [coincidentally, perhaps?] been driven clinically insane. What is going on? <<less

The intrepid astronauts from Astro are back, this time dealing with terrorists seeking to halt lunar colonization.

A compilation of different authors and artists' take on Getter Robo. Featuring original short stories and art by:... more>>

Eiichi Shimizu & Tomohiro Shimoguchi

Naoto Tsushima

Go Nagai & Dynamic Pro

Masakazu Ooi

Masayuki Fujihara

Hiroyuki Imaishi

Nozomu Tamaki <<less

Stardust Memories is a short story compilation of human beings in the distant future where we have traveled deep into space. Each story describes a moral dilemma that people traveling in space may experience which is something that we have yet to determine in the current world.... more>>

Stardust Memories talk about such problems as the implications of having people travel for years, even decades, in the cold, quiet and endless universe. A different story tells on how human presence in a foreign galaxy will affect the environment. The topics the author decides to write about are interesting and makes you wonder about the future. <<less

Deronga Five Alpha is a dying unstable planet which according to studies, used to be a very lush planet with all kinds of different species. The current state of the planet is a horrifying place where vicious carnivorous creatures fight in the “survival of the fittest.”... more>>

Captain Bagures, the leader of the research spacecraft, is a cold and cruel woman who, despite the warnings, unnecessarily sends a military team down to the planet for research. The end result was a catastrophe with the team being slaughtered by the creatures on the planet. The leader of the team, Cannon, vows vengeance on Bagures before seemingly dying.

Jump to 20 years later, a spaceship comes near Deronga Five Alpha to see the end of the planet. As the planet explodes, a foreign object attaches itself onto the spaceship. As nothing can survive a planetary explosion, the crew investigates the object only to find out it is one of the creatures from the planet Deronga. As the story progresses, the creature goes into a rage after seeing Bagures, now an extremely important person in the military, on the monitor screen. Could this creature be Cannon and how do you stop something that can withstand a planetary explosion? <<less

Astronaut Mawatari encounters a humanoid creature during a moon surface investigation. Because they are both lonely, they promise to teach each other about the universe... more>> and the earth...!? <<less

"I am inside a spaceship...outside is deep space. The name of my spaceship-- Spaceship EE."... more>>

It is 2038 CE. Noshi Hyoda is a 23-year-old office worker facing existential despair. Will she escape her world of apathetic oppression? Where can she go? What shall she do? Perhaps the answers lie in the stars beyond...perhaps not... <<less

Kane Blueriver and Canal, his AI companion, are trouble contractors who take jobs which require their special skills. This could go from armed escort, to... more>> patrol, to capturing dangerous criminals. Milly is a private eye who has to be the best at everything (uchuu ichi!!). When the three of them get together, they run into one mess after another, gradually uncovering more of a mystery that ties the legendary Lost Ships to all of their pasts, bringing them closer and closer to a discovery that something called Nightmare would rather not have them find... <<less